Wedding Photos of Christchurch

The following “Christchurch” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Christchurch” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

A wedding couple poses for a creative portrait at the Kings Arms in Christchurch, Dorset, UK, utilizing an arbor backdrop and strategically using an iPhone as a reflective surface to hide the unsightly concrete path

Christchurch, Dorset - A creative wedding portrait at the Kings Arms with an iPhone as a reflective surface

Halsweh Quarry Park, Christchurch on-location portrait e-shoot - a couple looking at each other at sunset

Christchurch portrait e shoot sunset Christchurch Couple Christchurch Liz Robson Halsweh Quarry Park

Halsweh Quarry Park, Christchurch, NZ environmental engagement e-session at sunset

Liz Robson sunlight Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch NZ engagement trees Christchurch wedding photographer

Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch environmental engagement e-session of the couple dancing

Christchurch engagement holding hands sunshine couple Halsweh dancing Christchurch

Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch portrait e-session - a couple relaxing by a stone wall

Halsweh Quarry Park Halsweh Christchurch Couple stone wall park Christchurch Liz Robson

Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch on-location portrait e-shoot of a couple kissing at sunset by a bridge

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Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch environmental engagement e-session - a couple embracing at sunset

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Halsweh Quarry Park Christchurch, NZ portrait e-session of a couple kissing at a sunset

sunset quarry Halsweh Quarry Park Liz Robson Christchurch New Zealand kissing

Port Hills Christchurch New Zealand outside forest picture session with a Couple at sunset in the hills

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Port Hills Christchurch New Zealand Couple Kissing during an engagement photo session

New Zealand Christchurch Warm sunlight view christchurch engagement photography Port Hills nature

Wedding image from the Bridesmaid's home, Christchurch New Zealand showing the Preparing the flower girls

Christchurch Wedding image New Zealand Christchurch wedding children Liz Robson preparing Christchurch wedding kids Christchurch

Godley Head, Christchurch NZ engagement drone portrait of a Couple lying in the grass

drone Christchurch engagement photographers grass field NZ Christchurch Godley Head Road

engaged Couple together by the water during their Godley Head, Christchurch NZ portrait session

Liz Robson holding hands Godley Head Road engagement photo Christchurch couple Christchurch pre wedding portraits NZ

a Couple kissing in the hills during their engagement photoshoot in Godley Head, Christchurch NZ

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Couple portraits at sunset in the hills of Godley Head, Christchurch NZ

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Godley Head, Christchurch NZ Couple kissing under clouds in an open field

Christchurch pre wedding portraits gloomy sky Christchurch engagement photo Christchurch Godley Head Road cloudy grass fields

a Godley Head, Christchurch NZ Couple sitting together sharing an embrace during a black and white engagement shoot

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Godley Head Couple standing on roof of old antarctic hut during their Christchurch NZ engagement photo shoot

Christchurch NZ gloomy sky pre wedding location Christchurch Christchurch engagement session grass fields

a Christchurch NZ Couple walking hand in hand in tall grass by the beach during their pre wedding photo session

Christchurch walking holding hands NZ Christchurch engagement photographers Godley Head Road

Port Hills, Christchurch engaged Couple at Sunset in the hills for a New Zealand portrait session

engaged Couple at Sunset in the hills for warm portrait

Christchurch e session hills christchurch pre wedding portrait Christchurch Liz Robson warm portrait

Cold afternoon engagement portrait with body language mirroring

Christchurch New Zealand mirroring engagement portrait Christchurch pre wedding portraits body language cold

A couple sharing a humorous moment at the New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand

A couple sharing a humorous moment at the Beach

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New Brighton Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand Portraits | Silhouette backlit beach sunset

Silhouette backlit beach sunset couple portrait

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A couple walks together on the pier

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Christchurch Priory engagement photo shoot - A walk with the pigeons

An engagement photo shoot captures a carefree and easy-going walk with the pigeons, set against warm tones for a romantic atmosphere

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Christchurch Priory engagement photos | portraits of a couple at sunset shooting into the sun

Engagement photos showcase portraits of a couple kissing at sunset, with the building ruins and the sun in the background adding interest and drama

Christchurch sunset sun Christchurch e session Christchurch Priory engagement photo building Ruins couple kissing

christchurch Priory engagement session - pre-wedding portraits in England

Bold and strong stone pillars serve as bookends for an engagement session

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Pre-wedding portraits at Christchurch Priory | engagement photography session

A Pre-wedding portrait is framed in an arched doorway of an old building during an engagement photography session

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